Qanam Surname
Approximately 2,057 people bear this surname
Qanam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 1,929 | 1:13,699 | 1,589 |
| Palestine | 84 | 1:54,153 | 5,319 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
Qanam (14) may also be a first name.
Qanam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qanam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Qanam (Hindi: क़णम, Marathi: खानम) is most common in Yemen. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Qanam.
How Common Is The Last Name Qanam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Qanam is the 202,451st most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,542,803 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Qanam live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 94 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Qanam is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name globally It is held by 14 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is held by 1,929 people, or 1 in 13,699. In Yemen Qanam is most prevalent in: Dhamar Governorate, where 99 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 1 percent live and Aden Governorate, where 0 percent live. Outside of Yemen this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 4 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qanam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qanam in the Hindi language | ||
| क़णम | qanama | - |
| Qanam in the Marathi language | ||
| खानम | khanama | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Qanam
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